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Blue Devils Earn 10 Top-10 Finishes at Regionals
3/8/2025 6:45:00 PM | Fencing
MADISON, N.J. - Duke fencing ended the 2025 NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional on Saturday with 10 top-10 performances, highlighted by Charlotte Koenig's second-place finish in women's foil and Dayaal Singh's third-place showing in men's foil. It marks the second consecutive year Koenig placed within the top two at the regional while Singh made an 11-spot jump from his 14th-place showing in 2024.
How It Happened
- Koenig and Singh were the highest placing Blue Devils, but junior Rachel Koo was just behind with a fourth-place finish in women's foil. Koo earned a 12th-place finish at last season's regional.
- Duke's other top-10 performers were freshman Joseph Glasson (6th, foil), sophomore Sophia Shen (7th, foil), freshman Lev Ermakov (8th, saber), senior Rachel Kowalsky (9th, epee), junior Kunling Tong (9th, saber), sophomore Samir Travers (9th, saber) and freshman William Holz (10th, saber).
- Shen made a three-spot jump from the 2024 event while Tong, coming off a silver medal at the ACC Championships, repeated in ninth place. Travers owns two top-10 finishes in his two regional appearances with a sixth-place performance in 2024. Kowalsky has finished in the top nine in her last three regional trips and qualified for regionals all four years of her Blue Devil career.
- The men's saber squad and the women's foil crew qualified the most competitors in the final round of pool play with three each.
- Qualifiers for the NCAA Championship will be announced next week. A fencer's performance at regionals will have a direct impact on his or her chance at qualifying for the NCAA Championship, as both the regular season resumé and placing at the regional meet will be considered when the field is selected.
- A full list of how all Duke competitors performed on Saturday can be found below.
Up Next
- Qualifying Blue Devils will compete at the 2025 NCAA Fencing Championship March 20-23, hosted by Penn State.
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Women's Foil
2. Charlotte Koenig
4. Rachel Koo
7. Sophia Shen
20. Skylar Knight
Women's Saber
9. Kunling Tong
12. Sky Miller
17. Natalie Olsen
19. Kavya Menke
Women's Epee
9. Rachel Kowalsky
13. Katie Lin
23. Vanessa Lin
36. Eiry Du
Men's Foil
3. Dayaal Singh
6. Joseph Glasson
19. Laith Elkousy
26. Owen Li
Men's Saber
8. Lev Ermakov
9. Samir Travers
10. William Holz
31. Justin Glozman
Men's Epee
13. Ethan Boroditsky
17. Allen Marakov
20. Peyton Young
38. Giulio Pech
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